CHE REFERENCE LIBRARY - Pole Shift Survival Information

THE N IIRSERY--LIST 359
Plunge the pots in a bed with 70” to 75” bottom heat, shading them
from the sun. Tt is best to inclose them in tight frame to avoid
drafts.
Melia (China-Berry . Pride of India). Mtliacra~.
Propagated by seeds, sown as soon as ripe, and sometimes by
cuttings of growing wood under glass. The Texas umbrella tree
(,M. Azrdcwd~ \‘ar. rtntbrcrcul~~or,mis) reproduces itself from seed with
great regularity.
Melianthus. dIt~licl~z.fhcrcIt~ce.
Propagated by seeds and cutt.ings under glass.
Melicocca (Genip. Spanish Lime). Sappinclaccce.
Increased 1,). seeds ; and by ripened cuttings ill sand under glass.
M eliosma. Snbicrcw.
Propagated by seed s sown as soon as ripe ; also by layers and
cutting:; of half-ripened wood under glass.
Melon, Muskmelon (Cbcztnz~s Alr$o). Czccurlrifactw.
Propagated by seeds, sown where the plants are to stand. In the
iNorth the>* are often started under glass in pots or pieces of inverted
sods or in berry boxes, SO that the plants may be transferred to the
open without cht~k or injury. Frost-tender annual vines.
Melothria. C’ucurbitac-w.
Easily raised from seeds sown in heat or planted in open ground
when weather is warm.
Menispermum (Moonseed). i&l ispr~?~~ acts.
Propagated readily by seeds stratified and sown in spring or
planted as soon as ripe ; also by division and cuttings in spring.
Mentha (Mintj. Labiafce.
Propagated by cuttings and division of rootstocks ; some kinds
produce stolons or runners. Cuttings of the rootstocks of peppermint
may be planted directly in the field.
Mentzelia. Lomactw.
Usually treated as flower-garden annuals (often under the name
of bartonia), the seed being sown where the plants are to stand.
Meratia (C’himonanthus). Ccdycanfha~ctw.
Propagated by layering in autumn and seeds in spring, as for
calycanthus.